Laibel Gorofsky

Laibel Gorofsky was a Russian Jewish immigrant to Dodge City, Kansas during the 1870s.

Biography
Laibel Gorofsky was born in the Russian Empire to a Jewish family, the son of Moshe and Zisha Gorofsky and the brother of Gearshon and Semel Gorofsky. During the 1870s, the family emigrated to the United States, settling in Dodge City, Kansas. In 1876, Semel was killed by some anti-Semitic locals in a hazing incident, and Laibel was saddened by this. However, he did not know whether to follow his father's strict adherence to the Torah or his brother Gearshon's wish for vengeance against the racists. He failed to convince his brother not to run away, but Gearshon was later thrown into the Gorofsky home by Rouse Ruxton after attempting to kill Ruxton, his brother's killer. Moshe convinced the killers to turn themselves in, having told them that he would testify in favor of their story that Semel's death was an accident.